title: [Parietal electrocortical rhythms in the cat: their relation to a behavior of focused attention and possible mesencephalic control through a dopaminergic pathway].
abstract: In the Cat, the development of an electrocortical rhythm at 40 Hz (fast "mu" rhythm) is observed in the parietal cortex whenever the subject immobilizes itself in an attitude of focused attention (e.g. when watching a mouse). This rhythm, as well as the accompanying behaviour, seems to be under the control of a dopaminergic mechanism originating from the ventral tegmental mesencephalic area (cellular dopaminergic group A 10).
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001288:Attention / Q000187:drug effects; D002415:Cats; D004295:Dihydroxyphenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004298:Dopamine / Q000502:physiology*; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004295:Dihydroxyphenylalanine; D004298:Dopamine
vernacular_title: Rythmes électrocorticaux pariétaux chez le chat: relation avec un comportement d'attention focalisée et arguments pour un contrôle dopaminergique d'origine mésencéphalique.